Sam's first sojourn away from home included a leg from Chicago, Illinois to Monroe, Michigan, where he took a steamer across Lake Erie. All the references I've found regarding this trip have said he traveled first to Toledo and then Monroe. I've not seen any corroborating evidence from Twain and my study of the railroads of that time suggest he traveled straight through Adrian and into Monroe on the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Rail Road. There was no reason for him to detour to Toledo. This line would later become the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.